In the border city of Brownsville, Texas, Josie Del Castillo, a figurative painter reflects her experiences growing up Mexican- American. Del Castillo is an artist and single mother who has been impacted by the SNAP delays . Read the full story below🦂🔗 open.substack.com/pub/theborde...

Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.

Thoughtful interview! It’s a great book www.artspeakpress.com/shop/p/borde...

An interview with Russ Mcspadden. In his debut poetry collection, Borderlings, McSpadden uses his poetry to express witnessing militarization at the border wall and the effects it has on the Sonoran desert's ecology. 🌵🐌 Read the full interview below 🦂

to keep functioning a society must discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities

Today's Border Chronicle post is a bit different.🦂🧐 We have ambitious plans for change on this horizon but we need your help! Please fill out this survey and help us take that next step. It's short and painless. We promise!

Anthony DiLorenzo: PIX-11 was tipped about ICE raid. NYers react: "People just stopped in their tracks. People were going to school. People were coming home from work or just commuting. And stopped to scream at these ICE agents. Pulled out their phones started recording and telling them to leave."

Yesterday, Stephen Miller questioned details re 170+ Americans detained by immigration agents. “Abject lies,” he wrote. Here’s the thing: We tracked, catalogued, and compiled every one of those 170+ cases. Because...we do our homework. propub.li/4o2eeiL

From 1965 through 2017 when Obama made a deal with Cuba in his last days in office, Cubans on U.S. soil could not be deported to Cuba. There are senior citizens ordered deported in the 1970s who are still here decades after serving their time. Now Trump is dumping some of them in Mexico.

Once again: "There's no law that authorizes the president to use federal troops for local crime control," says @lizagoitein.bsky.social.

In 1975, after decades of illegally surveilling & sabotaging left-wing movements in the US (and assassinating people abroad) the Senate painstaking wrote out the government's playbook for destroying movements. In January, the first commercial and streamlined version of this report hits bookstores.

New in The Border Chronicle🦂 A powerful essay by longtime border journalist Michelle Garcia on the role of journalists as fascism takes hold.

We've been slowly uploading four years worth of Border Chronicle podcasts to YouTube. And it's wild what we've accomplished with so few resources. Very proud of us. Take a listen 🦂🔥

U.S. elections are secure and accurate, but now the federal government is threatening that infrastructure. The Brennan Center is closely tracking the White House’s efforts to undermine election integrity: bit.ly/3IZMSdG

Take some time this weekend to get caught up in our #OptOutOctober series, where we’re providing daily tips to reclaim your privacy, one small task at a time. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Coast Guard Buys Two Private Jets for Noem, Costing $172 Million www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...

"Newsom had warned that the Marine Corps’ plans to fire artillery shells over Interstate 5, the West Coast’s main north-south artery, could pose hazards for motorists on the stretch between Los Angeles and San Diego." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...

It's The Border Chronicle's weekly roundup with our latest articles and news from across the border region. 🦂 Many are turning to Mexican folk healing in the borderlands in this uncertain era, and Cabeza de Vaca reincarnated as a cactus? An irreverent, surreal documentary perfect for our times.🦂

📢 BREAKING NEWS 📢 EFF and co-counsel have filed a lawsuit against the Departments of State and Homeland Security for their viewpoint-based surveillance and suppression of First Amendment-protected speech online. (1/5)

“The family added that when they confronted agents, Border Patrol reportedly told them they were working from an anonymous tip tied to the previous owners of the home, who lived there two years ago.” kfoxtv.com/news/local/e...

Hochul: "They promised to extract revenge on their political enemies & apparently any state that has a D gov. Tell me how Florida & Texas could receive these same funds w/o having to go to court? They're playing politics, but more than that, they're playing with people's lives. And that's abhorrent"

Today, I convened a group of former military generals and veterans to hear perspectives on deploying troops in American cities. Their commitment is to our nation. That’s why they’re speaking out against what the President's doing as uncalled-for, unprecedented, and un-American.

1/Stop everything and read/watch/bookmark this massive investigation between @motherjones.com @lighthousereports.com Le Monde, Der Spiegel, Paper Trail Media a vast global surveillance empire used to target politicians, journalists, tech CEOs, and... Jared Leto. ow.ly/2LUF50Xb7KE

ICYMI: Trump’s deployment of troops and federal agents to U.S. cities run by his political opponents is dangerous and unconstitutional. But it’s a familiar move to Texas border residents, who have lived under occupation since 2021. Now, they have advice for Chicago, Memphis and other cities.🦂

We have a chance to push back. The commission is accepting public comments on this request for a “show-your-papers” requirement. Will you speak out against this attack on the freedom to vote? bit.ly/4ngSyyl

New in The Border Chronicle by @pablodelarosa.bsky.social 🦂 Healing Traditions: How Curanderismo is Reviving Cultural Connection in the Borderlands Mexican folk medicine is being reclaimed during a time of deep uncertainty in the U.S. political climate.

"Exxon and Saudi Basic Industries erected a $7 billion plastics facility. That plant alone on average consumes about 13 million gallons of water a day...That is about 13% of all of Corpus Christi’s water demand in wintertime" www.wsj.com/us-news/clim...

Share This Article insideclimatenews.org/news/1310202...

This movie is fantastic-- and so apt for today.

After announcing a $20 billion bailout of Argentina, the White House now says it's pausing $18 billion in funding for NYC infrastructure projects Russ Vought would love nothing more than to tear this country down to its studs

Media companies large and small are using AI to generate news content because it’s cheaper than paying for journalists’ salaries, but that savings can come at the cost of the outlets’ reputations. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Stephen Miller has never worked a job outside of politics in his entire life.

New in The Border Chronicle 🦂 More Border Security Means Less Food Security As cuts to food assistance take effect, the U.S. government has canceled the publication of its annual hunger report.

The Intercept is launching a new podcast series reported and hosted by @radleybalko.bsky.social, a trailblazing investigative journalist who has been covering the drug war and the criminal justice system for more than 20 years. theintercept.com/2025/10/01/c...

Border wall construction has begun in the vital wildlife corridor of the San Rafael Valley in Southern Arizona. Devastating for the environment, communities and wildlife.

Trump and Hegseth Gathered U.S. Military Leaders for an “Embarrassing” Rant Defense officials were shocked at the cost and danger of assembling the military’s top officers to listen to meandering tirades. theintercept.com/2025/09/30/t...

Yesterday, Trump declared war on American cities. Since 2021, Texas border communities have been the testing ground for a MAGA military occupation. Now, residents say they have some advice for the rest of the country. 🦂

Yesterday, Trump declared war on American cities. Since 2021, Texas border communities have been the testing ground for a MAGA military occupation. Now, residents say they have some advice for the rest of the country.🦂

WOW. Remember this May video of a US citizen wrestled to the ground by ICE agents and detained for an hour despite having a valid REAL ID? It gets worse. Two weeks later, ICE did it AGAIN — handcuffed him and detained him for 20 minutes despite his REAL ID. Now the Institute for Justice is suing.

Border communities have lived under militarization for years—and learned hard lessons in defending their rights.🦂 Read: Trump’s Troops and the Border “Learning Lab” How the Republican-led Operation Lone Star in Texas became Trump’s model for sending troops into Democratic-led cities.🦂

The Darién isn’t a natural crisis. It’s political. Border theater hides it, but @theborderchronicle.bsky.social reports it. Subscribe: www.theborderchronicle.com

The Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: September 26🦂 Our 4th anniversary party was a blast, Filmmaker Alex Rivera on his border sci-fi cult classic 'Sleep Dealer.' And humanitarian Scott Warren talks about his high-profile trial and the aftermath. 🦂

New in The Border Chronicle podcast🦂 Scott Warren was arrested for providing humanitarian aid in the desert during the first Trump administration and endured a high-profile trial before being exonerated. Now, he's ready to tell his story.

WOW. The lead plaintiff is a Latino man who's been here legally for 24 years. He was grabbed off the street by plainclothes federal agents who didn't even ASK about his status. He was detained overnight and only released once a supervisor realized he had been illegally arrested.

New on The Border Chronicle podcast🦂👂 Filmmaker Alex Rivera on his Cult Classic "Sleep Dealer", and Creating a New Cinema for the Border 🦂🎥 @alex-rivera.bsky.social

The FAQ posted online for this program claims that this would be an EB-1/EB-2 visa. That is EXTREMELY illegal. Those visas are, by law, ONLY for people with “extraordinary” or “exceptional” ability, or advanced degrees (MAs or PhDs) who are being hired by an American business.

It's The Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: September 19 🦂 Photographer Eunice Adorno captures Mexico’s aging dams as “monuments to an idea of progress that never arrived." And Mexico and the US fund "water resiliency" for the Rio Grande, plus more news.. 💦🦂

A new report from Louisiana’s Republican secretary of state shows that noncitizen voting is vanishingly rare. Yet, some politicians are using that myth to push stringent requirements that will prevent eligible Americans from voting. Learn more by subscribing to The Briefing: bit.ly/3Yrz5jM